My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 09/05/2008

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[0:16]" Good afternoon it's 3 o'clock in sunny and breezy 84 degrees right now in Boston I'm Diane Stern here's what we're following in the WBZ news -- tropical storm cruising toward the Carolinas. People don't vote --"

[0:29]" New England is bracing all eyes are on hand over the southwestern Atlantic and moving quickly northward."

[0:36]" Rain and wind -- Manhattan tomorrow especially tomorrow night the foreclosure crisis ends in arrest fighting an eviction -- this is an international crisis or people arrested -- Carl Stevens in Russia during the father and son killers in the 1995 trust on massacre will not get a new trial we'll have details."

[0:53]" On Wall Street the Dow is up some 26 points as stocks strive for a nice comeback today the market want report coming up."

[1:00]" This afternoon commute is brought to you by the most trusted name in mattresses sleep -- a mattress professionals. Tropical storm watches and warnings are posted from Georgia to Rhode Island as the eastern seaboard prepares for the arrival of Hannah. The storm now has top sustained winds near seventy miles an hour. North Carolina governor Mike Easley is telling residents to be braced for heavy winds torrential rains and serious --"

[1:25]" people stay focused on -- not worry so much about Ike right now."

[1:29]" This is going to be enough to worry about with Hannah comes up to not hurricane Ike is more than a thousand miles away in the Atlantic. Latest forecast calls for -- to make landfall on the northern coast of South Carolina early tomorrow. Charleston residents until Powell says he's all --"

[1:46]" That got begin aerial flood gasoline Ford about the fire that now make sure it will work goes you'll probably -- quality fifteen days. -- comes."

[1:56]" And there could be power outages here in Massachusetts later this weekend and is WBZ's Lisa Meyer reports. National grid is prepositioning. Its people and equipment just in case."

[2:07]" There's going to be a lot of wind a lot of read -- it's up on the ground so anything is possible."

[2:11]" National grids David graves says anything is likely to have something to do with trees that come down and take power lines down with them."

[2:19]" We have crews likely cruise from New Hampshire as well as western Massachusetts that will be poised and ready to move that we're talking about a matter of a couple of hours as far as travel times concern to get an entity and the areas where where they're going to be needed so that's something that will be -- look at patsy in a clear understanding what strengths. Storm is going to be but the anticipated damage is going to be -- what the tracking that storm is going to be."

[4:00]" There's no question that it at six point 1% unemployment rate is absolutely unwelcome it is. To adhere to high in the president's mind compared to other countries it's relatively good when it comes to America and that's never good enough for us."

[4:17]" Revised figures for the months of June and July show job losses were worse than previously thought. And in June a record 9% of the US homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on their payments or in the throes of foreclosure. And a crisis is sitting right here at home a dramatic scene earlier today in Roxbury has been a response from the lender. WBZ's Carl Stevens updates the story and."

[4:42]" About forty people protested in front of this house on parent street four people chain themselves to the rear entrance of a Condo trying to prevent the eviction of all the trailer. She fell behind on her mortgage and wishes Countrywide Financial would letter they rent instead of kicking her out."

[4:56]" It was only 8000 people who are losing their homes but this is a national crisis. So. We have to look at somewhere. Who caused this situation means the banks and he refused to take any responsibility."

[5:10]" Police cut to change arrested four people Paulo was evicted -- countrywide has issued a statement Saint Paul has lived rent free for months -- did not fulfill her promise to voluntarily vacate. They say they give her options which she refused from Roxbury Carl Stevens WBZ Newsradio 1030."

[5:26]" father and son serving in number of life sentences for the 1995 Charlestown restaurant massacre -- lost a bid for a new trial. The State's highest court today rejected defense arguments including one that the jury should have been allowed to hear more evidence about the victim's violent past. That sounds familiar a judge recently throw out the manslaughter conviction of former Harvard grad student Alexander bring Wilson. Saying juries may consider a victim's violent history if it sheds light on a self defense claim in this case. The court said Anthony and Damien Clemente were not eligible for that consideration. Because there was no reasonable provocation. The father and son killed four Stanley enemies diplomat his claim they were armed that day out of fear. A search continues for missing Coast Guard crew member and three others so who were killed in the helicopter crash. Off the Hawaiian islands chopper went down last night ironically as the crew was conducting search and rescue drill."

[6:25]" So the crew was performing a routine flight. A training flight. We're in a train -- the surface assets in this KC 47 foot motor lifeboat from station on --"

[6:36]" Coast Guard lieutenant John kitchen again three others killed and that helicopter crash in the search continues for a fourth crew member. WBZ news tying 38."

[6:49]" See the news at wbz1030.com."

[6:52]" An -- John ward I can't marketwatch.com. You have some good numbers to. I'm working on -- yes we're at the Keebler elves are right here with mainly trying to roll out some gains Diane. We did have some lousy news earlier about that unemployment rate jumping to six point 1% last month that did initially shocked many traders but now. Stocks are trying to cling to some gains right now the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up. Some sixteen points. The Nasdaq is still negative it's off to in the S&P 500 is tacking -- traders are also learning to live with more bad news about foreclosures the Mortgage Bankers Association. Says foreclosure starts have sent a new record. And Continental Airlines is charging a fifteen dollar service fee for the first checked bag. The carrier says passengers flying economy class. We'll get hit with a new feet being excluded from the new policy -- status customers people who pay full fare or military personnel. Business report today to 38 past the hour I'm John worked on marketwatch.com. On WBZ news radio 1030."

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[8:25]" WBZ news time to reach an 84 degrees quite -- in Boston right now sunshine. And we could have some rough weather over the weekend we have the details for you right now the AccuWeather forecast from Bob Larson right through Monday."

[8:38]" A flash flood watches in effect from late tonight through Sunday morning increasing cloud is that I met him at some rain toward daybreak close 66. Cloudy breezy and sticky tomorrow with periods of rain. High 76. Rain becoming heavy at times tomorrow I would increasing Windiz had a moves up the coast. Wind gusts of forty to fifty miles per hour of the city and sixty miles per hour while the -- blow tomorrow night 67%. Of pulls away turning up partly sunny on Sunday. Breezy and warm high eighty sunshine -- pleasant Monday highs 78 thanks wondering just ten minutes I'm WBZ. AccuWeather meteorologist. Bob Larson."

[10:00]" Most everybody would get that feeling any -- bomb -- on national football itself is a little more added excitement. Behind opening day in an open up at home Sunday at 1 o'clock it's kind of what you think about it a little more traditional. You know now we've -- Thursday night games in. Sunday night Monday night lineup Sunday at 1 o'clock in the play football."